Seán William McLoughlin, born February 7, 1990, known on YouTube as Jacksepticeye or just as Jack, is an Irish YouTuber who does videos on video games and occasionally vlogs. He previously resided in Ireland, and now currently resides in Brighton, England. He proclaims himself to be the "most energetic video game commentator on YouTube". He currently has 18.3 million subscribers, 9 billion+ views, and 3.6 thousand+ videos as of March 2018.

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Personal life

McLoughlin was born on 7 February 1990, in Athlone, Ireland, in Co. Westmeath. His mother is Aideen McLoughlin (b. 1969) and is Roman Catholic. He is the youngest of five siblings, having two older sisters and two older brothers, one of whom is Malcolm, a writer.

He was a former drummer of an indie heavy-metal band named Raised to the Ground. In the late 2000's, he graduated high school with a degree in Music Technology.

In the early 2010's, McLoughlin dropped out of college after 2 years. However, after meeting a person on Interpals, he decided to study English. He finished up college around 2014, the same year that his channel reached 1 million subscribers.

He started dating Danish YouTuber Wiishu around early 2015 and she's currently living with him.

The Jacksepticeye Foundation was established on January 30, 2017.

Origin of the Name

In Ireland, "Jack" is a common nickname for the name "Sean", and both his mother and friends called him this. His friends started calling him "Jacksepticeye" after a football accident where he got an eye laceration from a friend's glasses. According to him, the wound bled for quite some time and became infected after a few weeks, hence the name "Jacksepticeye". (Septic is a medical term referring to a systemic infection).

Channel history

Jack created his YouTube channel on February 24th 2007. Jack was a fanboy of Markiplier and PewDiePie and watched their content, becoming his inspiration to start YouTube. He didn't start making his own videos until November 2012, his very first upload being a Metal Gear Solid 4 impression on Solid Snake. According to Jack in a 2017 video, he explained he originally wanted the channel to be dedicated to impressions.

After hearing that making your own content on YouTube was a "job", he did just that, although he was pressed for time to make videos since he was also studying for exams in college. Mark noticed Jack by writing on Twitter that he had entertaining videos and Pewds gave him a shout out in a competition. After graduating from college in 2014 and earning a degree in Hotel Management, he has since focused on his YouTube channel.

Jack mainly focuses on gameplays on a variety of different games, from indie to horror to upcoming releases, and occasionally vlogs. He is known for his loud, bouncy but caring personality and constant positivity, but tones down to seriousness on some occasions when something crops up. He shows his appreciation for his fanbase multiple times, such as making a subscriber milestone video and more recently SepticArt, admiring fans creativity on their works.

Opportunities

As Jack got more well known worldwide for his videos, he earned various opportunities worldwide, such as attending Indy Pop Con for the first time in 2015, Insomnia 62 in Birmingham, UK in December 2015 and PAX East and PAX West every year in America. In March 2017, he co-hosted the D23 gaming event in California alongside YouTuber Strawburry17. In late September 2017, Jack began his very first tour "How Did We Get Here?" and in October 2017, he toured Europe with the Game Grumps for "Ready Player Three."

More recently, he was interviewed on the Late Late Show in Ireland on February 23rd 2018 and met some fans there.

Quotes

"Top of the morning to you laddies, my name is Jacksepticeye and welcome (back) to game name! " (current intro)

"Hello! All you beautiful people out there, my name is Jacksepticeye." (old intro)

"Hey hey guys, what is going on? I am back for another game name." (first intro)

"Well that does it for this episode of [game on screen]!/Well I'm going to leave this episode here! If you liked it, punch that like button in the face, LIKE A BOSS! Aaand, high fives all around! (does two high fives in the air while making high five sounds). But thank you guys and I will see all you dudes... IN THE NEXT VIDEOOO!" (Outro)​

"BALLS? I LOVE BALLS!" (When something mentions balls or when he does anything involving balls (As in circles))

"Limber, loose, RUBBER GOOSE!" (In Happy Wheels in a level where you have to move a lot, such as ball falls and jet falls).

"Slinkey dink!" (When he does a Slinkey-like motion in any sort of game).

"GO JACKY BOYYYY!" (In Turbo Dismount, when using his face on a character at the beginning of a level).

"STEEEEEEEEVE" (In Happy Wheels when playing as Segway Steve and he fails a spikefall).

Trivia

Jack is currently the 29th most subscribed channel on YouTube as of 10 January 2017.

He stated in his first Unravelvideo that he liked to climb trees as a child.

Jack refers to himself as the last remaining Bossatronian from the planet Bossatronia. (2014 Cringe as referred by Jack in his first January 1, 2018 upload.)

He does various series on games, with each episode of a particular series spaced out between two or four days from each other. There are some instances, however, where he will stop playing for a few months and return.